Improvement in ironing-tables



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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIo GEORGE O. PAINE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONING-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,273, dated July 21,1874 application filed December 31, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. PAINE, of Boston, county of Suffolk andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements inIroning-Tables, of which the following is a specification This inventionrelates to certain improvements in the construction and arrangements ofthe parts forming an ironing-table, or, more particularly, that class ofironing-boards which are commonly used for ironing skirts and similararticles of wearing apparel. The object and nature of this invention areto produce an ironing-board provided with legs or supports which may befolded together when not in use, so as to occupy a small compass.

In the drawings accompanying this description, Figure 1 is a side viewof the table when set up for use. Fig. 2 shows the relation of the partsto each other when folded. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal verticalsection, showing the manner of fastening the same when folded. Fig. 4 isa bottom view of the table when folded, and Fig. 5 is a side view of thetable with the same parts differently arranged. It also shows how it maybe used for a washbench or clothes-drier.

In constructing this table, a board, A, of suitable shape anddimensions, is used for the top, on each edge of which, and near oneend, are secured ears or lugs D, to which are pivoted, by screws, pins,or other suitable devices, the legs B. To the legs B, near their upperends, are pivoted one end of the bars or rods 0, and to the opposite endof the bars 0, and at a distance suitable to form proper supports forthe top A, are pivoted the legs B, the rods 0 intersecting and crossingthe legs B at a point near their lower ends, and therods 0 extendingbeyond the legs B, so that their B and B. This, however, is notessential, as

The legs B are permitted to assume an angle of about seventy-fivedegrees from the end of the table to which they are pivoted, and thelegs B are placed so that they will be at the same angle, or parallel tothelegs B. The legs upon each side of the table are connected to theirmates upon the opposite side by means of strips a a, which are placed onthe sides of the legs where the obtuse angle is formed by theintersection of the strips or rods 0 with the legs, and in such a mannerthat the strips 0 will rest on or against them, and by this means thetable is prevented from collapsing when set up for use. The legs arealso connected transversely by other strips, to give the table greaterfirmness. v

To close the table, the top Ais raised slightly, as seen in broken linesat Fig. 1, when the upper ends of the legs B are pushed toward the otherend of the table, in the direction shown by the arrow X, until theybecome parallel with the rods 0. The legs B are then brought forward inthe'direction shown by the arrow Y, the whole then assuming the relationto the top A as shown in Fig. 2. As the legs approach this position, thelower edge of the cross-piece b, which connects the tops-0f the legs B,slides into a recess, e, formed by the pieces (1, which are secured tothe under side of the top A. The button f, which is attached to thecross-piece b, is then turned so as to lap over the lower edge of thecross-piece g, which connects the lower ends of the legs B, and by thesemeans the whole are kept in a secure and fixed position fortransportation, or otherwise, when not in use.

When this table is set up for use, one end of the top A being free, itcan be raised slightly, to enable the operator to place a skirt, orwhatever similar article is to be ironed, over it, in a manner similarto the mode of using the common skirt-boards which have no legs.

A modification of the above-described de vice may be made bydisconnecting the strips 0 from each of the legs, and reversing theposition of the legs B with relation to the top A, so that they willstand at the same angle of inclination from the top A, but in a direction opposite to that in which they stood before. The strips 0 are thenturned, so that the edge which Was down before will now be uppermost.They are now pivoted to the legs B, at the same point on both legs andstrips as before. then raised parallel to the top A, and are pivoted tothe legs B, the whole then assuming the position as shown in Fig. 5. Theends of the strip 0 are beveled off, as seen at h, where they arepivoted to the legs B, to admit of The other ends of the strips 0 aretheir being raised to a level position, and where they rest against thesame piece a they did before, to prevent the table from collapsing. Thestrips 0 also rest against pieces 0 c, where they are pivoted to thelegs B, in the same manner and for the same purpose that they restedagainst the piece a in the first arrangement, only that in this case thesupports are in the acute angle instead. of the obtuse.

To close the table when constructed as shown in Fig. 5, the bottoms ofthe legs are moved in the direction indicated by the arrows 1 and 2, andare thus folded close to the top A, where they may be secured by adevice similar to the one already described.

By raising the top A, as shown in broken lines at G, Fig. 5, a tub orsimilar article may be placed upon the strips 0, thus afl'ording a veryconvenient wash-bench in combination with the table already described.

Additional pieces may be laid between and parallel to the strips 0, toafford greater strength to support the tub or whatever may be placedthereon. These pieces may be connected by a rod or pin, which, runningthrough the legs and strips, shall also form the pivots; or a board maybe used instead of the strips. If a number of strips are used, they canbe employed also for the purpose (while ironing) of hanging smallarticles of clothes upon, thus performing the function of aclothes-drier.

In the table shown in Fig. 5, it is not essential that the legs standbracing to each other, asthey may occupy the same relative position toeach other that they do in Fig. 1. The legs in Fig. 1 may also stand asshown in Fig. 5, without afi'ecting its operation materially.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The top A, having the lugs Dand recessed piece (I, in combination with the legs B B, longitudinalstrips 0, cross-pieces a, a, g, and b, and the button f, attached to thecross-piece b, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

GEO. G. PAINE. Witnesses:

JOSIAH T. DYER, R. HENRY GARDNER.

